Current birding news from Selsey Bill and other important Peninsula sites including Pagham Harbour and Medmerry nature reserves. Visiting birders are always welcome and submissions for the blog should be sent to BOTH co-editors as follows:- birderowen@hotmail.com and andrewhouse9@btinternet.com (if absent Deputy Editor bart.ives@talk21.com)

Contributors: The following list relates to observers/contributors and we apologise in advance for any omissions or our forgetfulness at busy times. It will not include everyone who has watched throughout the years as this is impossible for us to know; however it does include all those who have submitted records, information or other material since the blog started in March 2013. The initials are those that will be used in the news texts or where otherwise appropriate.

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Three pictures from my first real seawatching at Selsey Bill. Thanks to Owen whom I met there and who pointed me in the right direction (literally). Also thanks to the Birding The Selsey Peninsula blog (https://selseybirder.blogspot.co.uk/) which inspired me to give it a go. Highlights for me were passages of Gannet, Common scoter, Sandwich and Common terns. Also Great black-backed gull. (Total for 2017 now at #155.). Now I need Lesser Black-backed gull and Lesser whitethroat - what is it with Lesser this year!

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Title Page: Black-necked Grebe, Pagham Lagoon

Like our previous title photo of Red-necked Grebe, this species is also just about annual on the Peninsula and in some years can also prove tricky to see - when views may be brief or distant. Not so with this bird however; this showy individual - starting to acquire its summer plumage - appeared at the Lagoon from the beginning of March during a cold snap, allowing this stunning image to be obtained. (photo: Ads Bowley)